NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2002

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Tephritidae
  Infraorder - Muscomorpha
  Suborder - Brachycera
  Order - Diptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Parastenopa guttata
      Species - Parastenopa montana
      Species - Parastenopa marcetiae
      Species - Parastenopa carinata
      Species - Parastenopa ogloblini
      Species - Parastenopa elegans
      Species - Parastenopa limata
      Species - Parastenopa anastrephoides
      Species - Parastenopa fallax
      Species - Parastenopa brasiliensis